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gloried in the proud history of the plantation South that secured a place of honor for the aristocrat, and yet he abhorred the opp...
of community and what he can give back to the community, Sherman often can be found in the oddest venues. Sometimes he will turn d...
that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...
This paper examines how W.E.B. Du Bois' life serves as a role model for the writer and also discusses his writings in four pages. ...
This paper consists of fourteen pages and examines the impact of his Baltimore hometown on H.L. Mencken's writing and his life. S...
In nine pages this paper discusses Yiddish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and writings including 'The Lecture' and '...
In seven pages this paper discusses how the author's persona changes from his short stories such as 'The Gilded Age' and 'Innocent...
This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...
problems for him for the rest of his life. At sixteen he entered the University of Kazan, intending to become a diplomat. He quic...
In seven pages this paper discusses how the writings of Thomas Mann were profoundly influenced by the author's life. Six sources ...
In five pages this paper discusses Jack London in a consideration of his life and writings including 'To Build a Fire' and Call of...
to ask her to marry him, but he remained her closest and most enduring friend throughout his life. Strangely, however, it was not...
one of which he did not take advantage; Cooper appreciated all that was afforded to him. One of the most influential aspects of h...
In an overview consisting of four pages various aspects of Poe's life are related to his works in what is less an analysis than a ...
In five pages this biography of Bret Harte includes the times in which he lived, his philosophy, and his text The Outcasts of Poke...
war, his writing talents waned but soon a short novel, The Old Man and the Sea, would emerge in 1952 ("Hemingway" PG). He won the ...
"Bernice Bobs her Hair," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Debutante," "Absolution," and "Winter Dreams." (http://www.sc.edu/...
In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...
Theodor Seuss Geisel's life and writings are examined in an overview consisting of five pages. Six sources are cited in the bibli...
meaningful and yet is portrayed as ridiculous. Cervantes was known as a maverick and for his satirical representations of the soc...
George Eliot's life and writings are the focus of this paper consisting of 5 pages. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
pastors in African American Baptist church and his father, Martin Luther King Sr. was also a civil rights leader who used the chur...
Greek and read the Roman dramatists" (Anonymous William Shakespeare 47123316). However, in all honesty, "Very little is known abou...
to resurrect and preserve (Gordon 4). Woolf, a manic-depressive, found herself constantly searching for approval...Battling with a...
for journalism and suspicious attitude towards unjust laws. His sharp ear for conversation helped him reveal characters through th...
songs and lays had been the product of his youthful years, and that he acquired a reputation for songs as well as jocular tales (P...
work which stands as the most famous of his novels. Not surprisingly, "Hawthorne came from a Puritan family of declining fortun...
making a comeback"(Carver 2003). This was the turning point for Carver. Many of his works are shaped by a sense of...
own ship, Otago" (ClassicReader.com). The same year also saw him become an official British citizen. "In the following years Co...
In five pages this paper draws comparisons between the life and writings of Hermann Hesse with Demian and Steppenwolf among the wo...